TTU K-12 Graduating Seniors Have Scholarship Opportunities

By Leslie Cranford, Section Manager

Many graduates of TTU K-12 who head to college pursue higher education in a familiar place, at Texas Tech University. To assist in that endeavor, TTU K-12 offers competitive scholarship opportunities to students wanting to attend Texas Tech.

“We have two types of competitive scholarships for our TTU K-12 graduates,” said Jared Lay, director of Recruitment and International Partnerships for the Division of eLearning & Academic Partnerships. “We have one application for first-time college students, and we have one for current TTU or transfer students – TTU K-12 grads who are already attending here or at another university and wish to transfer to Texas Tech.”

There are now three separate windows during which scholarship applications will be awarded for 2023-2024. Applications are open now for all due dates. Each year students must reapply for the competitive scholarship and meet all criteria to be awarded.

Entering first-year students:
Deadline to apply is March 31 – scholarships awarded April 14

Entering transfer students:
Deadline to apply is March 31 – scholarships awarded April 28

Returning undergraduate students:
Deadline to apply is May 1 – scholarships awarded May 31

Ashley Adams, who served as Texas Tech's 60th Masked Rider and will graduate from Texas Tech in August with her master's in Animal Science, was a scholarship recipient, graduating from Texas Tech High School in 2014.

“I attended TTU K-12 for my senior year of high school,” Adams said. “I knew that I wanted a program that was flexible and would allow me to do outside activities and travel that a traditional high school would not. The self-paced curriculum was perfect for me since it allowed me to finish my senior year in a faster time frame in order to be able to start college at the time that was best for me.

“I wish I had found TTU K-12 sooner and would recommend their online program to anyone looking for an alternative to a traditional high school, or for students needing to take an additional class to meet graduation requirements at their own high school.”

International graduates of the Texas Tech University High School program also have fast-track admissions processes to the university to facilitate ease and speed of applying.